402 PACIFIC ROLLER. 



of a palish colour towards the point : on each side 

 of the upper mandible are seven vibrissae or hairs, 

 whicli are of a flattened form at their lower part, 

 and rise upwards in a curved direction: the fore- 

 part of the neck, from about half an inch below 

 the beak, to the bottom of the breast, is of a very 

 rich bright scarlet, which colour, at the lower part 

 of the breast sinks into deep ferruginous, and is 

 continued in a broken or interrupted band down 

 the beginning of the abdomen: the tail consists of 

 twelve feathers, and is slightly rounded at the ex- 

 tremity, the two exterior feathers being shorter 

 than the others by about half an inch: the legs are 

 rather short, moderately stout, and black; the 

 claws strong; that of the back toe larger than the 

 rest. The native region of this bird is not cer- 

 tainly known, but it is supposed to belong to 

 South-America. 



PACIFIC ROLLER. 



Coracias pacifica. C. viridis, capite castaneo, gula mgra, aiis 

 cceruleis remigibus basi albis, Cauda cceruleo-nigricante. 



Green Roller, with chesnut head, black throat, blue wings with 

 the quills white at their base, and blue-black tail, 



Coracias pacifica. Pacific Roller. Lath. ind. orn. suppL ' Syn, 

 supph 2. addend. 



Length nine inches: bill and legs red. Native 

 of New Holland. 



